235 Days

In my (almost) 4 years of running I had yet to race abroad, no real reason, it just hadn't happened, plenty of races have caught my attention, Zegama , Laugavegur , or pretty much anything in Iceland, but I'd never got much further than the 'ooh that looks good' stage. But that was all to change when a few people I know on Twitter were planning on taking part in the Limassol marathon and asked if I fancied going along, there would be sun, cheese and a buffet breakfast. I signed up.                                             The race fitted into into my already heavy schedule for the first few months of 2017 and three weeks after another marathon, I'm not yet like some others whose bodies are used to knocking out marathons or a regular basis, so naturally I set myself a target of a sub 4 marathon, which would be a PB and my 2nd road marathon, the first was Brighton and d...

We are now approaching the time where people training for spring marathons are hitting their biggest distances in training, and I am one of those people, sort of. I entered Brighton marathon in a blur of activity on the UKRunchat twitter page, where being egged on by various members, a load of us, I think about 50+, all entered Brighton marathon in the space of a few days. I was training for an Ultra at the time so it was a case of ' it should be alright, I'll be training for further than this distance so I know I'll be able to do it' but fast forward a few months and the ankle injury happened, which wiped me out for 8 months, meaning that I missed a few races that I'd already entered, but in the distance there was always 'Brighton' and the belief that I had time to get ready for it and give it a proper go. After being given the sort of all clear by the physio to start running just before Christmas, I have been slowly increasing the distance of my run...